How do I run a report that combines all sub-domains to the same domain entry?
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Secure Web Gateway Unified Threat Management |
Glamis onwards |
Summary:
I want to see how many times a domain has been visited, but my report keeps treating help.smoothwall.net
and kb.smoothwall.net
as two different sites. Surely they're the same?
Problem:
A lot of companies are utilizing sub-domains to break out different areas of their online presence. For example, here at Smoothwall we use smoothwall.net
for our company website with a help.
sub-domain for our product documentation, and a kb.
sub-domain for our knowledge base.
There are times when it is useful to see a report for how many times Smoothwall has been visited, rather than one part of domain. You can create a custom report using the Domain activity section, which has the option to combine such entries, making for a more manageable report.
Note: Combining sub-domains into a single domain entry renders your report unsuitable for drill-down or feed-forward reporting. This is because the domains are only combined for that specific reporting instance; the underlying reporting data is not changed.
Solution:
- Create a custom report as detailed in https://help.smoothwall.net/Latest/Content/cgi-bin/reports/reports.htm.
- From the Available sections box, open the Guardian3 folder.
- Select Domain activity and add it to the Included sections box.
- From the new section that appears at the bottom of the page, click the Options tab.
- Click Advanced.
- Scroll down to the URL parsing panel.
- Select Root domain.
- Add other relevant sections, options, and filters to the report.
- Scroll back to the top of the page and click Create report.
See Also
- What is the "YouTube and GoogleVideo" Super-group?
- How do I run a report that combines all hits to the same domain into a single entry?
- How do I use the Time range picker in Custom reports?
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27th June 2016 |
Samantha Nair |
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